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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and ... Read more

$36.99 NZD

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and
... Read more
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Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M Sapolsky ...

Narrated by Michael Goldstrom ...

Unabridged

26 hours 27 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over... ... Read more

$32.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over...
... Read more
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The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...

Narrated by Malk Williams ...

Unabridged

24 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a
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Lifespan

Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To

by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Narrated by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for ... Read more

$45.99 NZD

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for
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Other Minds

The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The TimesWhat if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The TimesWhat if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back

The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical ... Read more

$60.99 NZD

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical
... Read more
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The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the ... Read more

$48.99 NZD

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the
... Read more
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The Social Instinct

How Cooperation Shaped the World

by Nichola Raihani ...

Narrated by Nichola Raihani ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Why cooperate**? This may be the most important scientific question we have ever, and will ever, face.**The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we might end up. Cooperation explains how strands of DNA gave rise to modern-day nation states. It defines our extraordinary ecological success as well as many of the most surprising features ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.Why cooperate**? This may be the most important scientific question we have ever, and will ever, face.**The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we might end up. Cooperation explains how strands of DNA gave rise to modern-day nation states. It defines our extraordinary ecological success as well as many of the most surprising features
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

by Bryan Sykes ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
... Read more
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Return of the God Hypothesis

Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

by Stephen C. Meyer ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

18 hours 49 min

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen ... Read more

$61.99 NZD

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen
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Undeniable

Evolution and the Science of Creation

by Bill Nye ...

Narrated by Bill Nye ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found."—Bill NyeSparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has ... Read more

$52.99 NZD

"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found."—Bill NyeSparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has
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Эволюция человека. Книга II. Обезьяны, нейроны и душа

by Александр Марков ...

Narrated by Геннадий Смирнов ...

Series series Элементы (Россия)
Unabridged

15 hours 58 min

В своей новой книге "Эволюция человека" Александр Марков затрагивает самые разные темы — от периодизации расселения первых людей до генетических основ политических и религиозных воззрений. Автор ставит множество вопросов и ищет на них ответы вместе с читателем, привлекая обширный материал последних исследований в антропологии, генетике и эволюционной психологии. Кто мы? Чем мы отличаемся от ... Read more

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В своей новой книге "Эволюция человека" Александр Марков затрагивает самые разные темы — от периодизации расселения первых людей до генетических основ политических и религиозных воззрений. Автор ставит множество вопросов и ищет на них ответы вместе с читателем, привлекая обширный материал последних исследований в антропологии, генетике и эволюционной психологии. Кто мы? Чем мы отличаемся от
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Cro-Magnon

How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans

by Brian M. Fagan ...

Narrated by James Langton ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

Bestselling author Brian Fagan brings early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling. Cro-Magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges—including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals.For ten millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals, an encounter that Fagan fills ... Read more

$35.99 NZD

Bestselling author Brian Fagan brings early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling. Cro-Magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges—including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals.For ten millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals, an encounter that Fagan fills
... Read more
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Super Stimulated

How Our Biology Is Being Manipulated to Create Bad Habits – and What We Can Do About It

by Nicklas Brendborg ...

Narrated by Joe Leat ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

A MUST-HAVE FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO BREAK BAD HABITS THIS NEW YEARA fresh look at health, habits and longevity from internationally-bestselling author, Nicklas Brendborg - perfect for fans of Ultra-Processed People'Highly readable' DAILY MAIL'Brilliantly unpacks how modern life hijacks our ancient biology.' DR JENNA MACCIOCHI'An informative and engaging read that will appeal to anyone with a bad ... Read more

$49.99 NZD

A MUST-HAVE FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO BREAK BAD HABITS THIS NEW YEARA fresh look at health, habits and longevity from internationally-bestselling author, Nicklas Brendborg - perfect for fans of Ultra-Processed People'Highly readable' DAILY MAIL'Brilliantly unpacks how modern life hijacks our ancient biology.' DR JENNA MACCIOCHI'An informative and engaging read that will appeal to anyone with a bad
... Read more
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The Science of Self-Empowerment

Awakening the New Human Story

by Gregg Braden ...

Narrated by Gregg Braden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

Now in paperback: At the cutting edge of science and spirituality, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Braden explains that evolution is not the whole story of humanity--and offers a new understanding of our origins that can help us tap the extraordinary abilities we already have. What would it mean to discover we're designed to live extraordinary lives of self-healing, longevity, and deep ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

Now in paperback: At the cutting edge of science and spirituality, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Braden explains that evolution is not the whole story of humanity--and offers a new understanding of our origins that can help us tap the extraordinary abilities we already have. What would it mean to discover we're designed to live extraordinary lives of self-healing, longevity, and deep
... Read more
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Is Earth Exceptional?

The Quest for Cosmic Life

by Mario Livio, Ph.D., Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

A New York Times–bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where the universe breathed life into matterFor a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries ... Read more

$61.99 NZD

A New York Times–bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where the universe breathed life into matterFor a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries
... Read more
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الجين الأناني

by ريتشارد دوكينز, ريتشارد دوكينز ...

Narrated by يامن عبد النور ...

Unabridged

21 hours 33 min

يرى مؤلّف هذا الكتاب أن مجتمع الإنسان المبني على قانون الجينات الأناني، من الممكن أن يكون منفراً ومزعجاً العيش فيه. ولسوء الحظّ، لن يؤدّي استنكارنا ذلك كلّه إلى تعديله. فلنحاول تعليم الكرم والغيْرية لأننا ولدنا أنانيين. ولنحاول أيضاً أن نفهم مخطّطات جيناتنا الأنانية، كي نستطيع إفساد خططها. ... Read more

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يرى مؤلّف هذا الكتاب أن مجتمع الإنسان المبني على قانون الجينات الأناني، من الممكن أن يكون منفراً ومزعجاً العيش فيه. ولسوء الحظّ، لن يؤدّي استنكارنا ذلك كلّه إلى تعديله. فلنحاول تعليم الكرم والغيْرية لأننا ولدنا أنانيين. ولنحاول أيضاً أن نفهم مخطّطات جيناتنا الأنانية، كي نستطيع إفساد خططها.
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Star bene con noi stessi per star bene con gli altri

by Marco Ferrini ...

Narrated by Marco Ferrini ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Le relazioni sono una componente fondamentale della vita.La prima relazione di importanza primaria è quella con noi stessi.Quando il contatto profondo con noi stessi è debole, frammentato, tutte le relazioni che intratteniamo diventano carenti e insoddisfacenti, perché la persona che non sta bene con se stessa comincia ad incolpare gli altri del proprio malessere, ed è così che si creano rapporti ... Read more

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Le relazioni sono una componente fondamentale della vita.La prima relazione di importanza primaria è quella con noi stessi.Quando il contatto profondo con noi stessi è debole, frammentato, tutte le relazioni che intratteniamo diventano carenti e insoddisfacenti, perché la persona che non sta bene con se stessa comincia ad incolpare gli altri del proprio malessere, ed è così che si creano rapporti
... Read more
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Les douze clefs de la philosophie

by Basile Valentin ...

Narrated by Nicola Charbono ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Plongez dans l'univers mystérieux de l'alchimie avec "Les douze clefs de la philosophie" de Basile Valentin. Ce texte énigmatique du XVIe siècle vous invite à explorer les secrets anciens et les symboles cryptiques qui ont fasciné les esprits curieux à travers les âges. Chaque clef ouvre une porte vers une compréhension plus profonde des mystères de la transformation et de la quête de la pierre ... Read more

$10.99 NZD

Plongez dans l'univers mystérieux de l'alchimie avec "Les douze clefs de la philosophie" de Basile Valentin. Ce texte énigmatique du XVIe siècle vous invite à explorer les secrets anciens et les symboles cryptiques qui ont fasciné les esprits curieux à travers les âges. Chaque clef ouvre une porte vers une compréhension plus profonde des mystères de la transformation et de la quête de la pierre
... Read more
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Global Brain

The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century

by Howard Bloom ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

In this extraordinary follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Lucifer Principle, Howard Bloom—one of today’s preeminent thinkers—offers us a bold rewrite of the evolutionary saga. He shows how plants and animals (including humans) have evolved together as components of a worldwide learning machine. He describes the network of life on Earth as one that is, in fact, a “complex adaptive system,” a ... Read more

$39.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this extraordinary follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Lucifer Principle, Howard Bloom—one of today’s preeminent thinkers—offers us a bold rewrite of the evolutionary saga. He shows how plants and animals (including humans) have evolved together as components of a worldwide learning machine. He describes the network of life on Earth as one that is, in fact, a “complex adaptive system,” a
... Read more
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The Dawn of War

How Conflict Made Humanity

by Nick Longrich ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

$49.99 NZD

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A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

by Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

14 hours 48 min

Bloomsbury presents A New History of Life by Peter Ward & Joe Kirschvink, read by William Elsman.The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin’s ... Read more

$36.99 NZD

Bloomsbury presents A New History of Life by Peter Ward & Joe Kirschvink, read by William Elsman.The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin’s
... Read more
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A Theory of Everyone

Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going

by Michael Muthukrishna ...

Narrated by Michael Muthukrishna ...

Unabridged

14 hours 4 min

A blueprint for a better future.Playing on the phrase "a theory of everything" in physics, Michael Muthukrishna's ambitious, original and deeply hopeful audiobook, offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society - a theory of everyone.In A Theory of Everyone, Muthukrishna draws on the most recent research across the sciences, humanities, and the emerging field of cultural evolution ... Read more

$49.99 NZD

A blueprint for a better future.Playing on the phrase "a theory of everything" in physics, Michael Muthukrishna's ambitious, original and deeply hopeful audiobook, offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society - a theory of everyone.In A Theory of Everyone, Muthukrishna draws on the most recent research across the sciences, humanities, and the emerging field of cultural evolution
... Read more
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Unfit for Purpose

When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World

by Adam Hart ...

Narrated by Adam Hart ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

Bloomsbury presents Unfit for Purpose written and read by Adam Hart.A gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on SundayStress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past.In ... Read more

$32.99 NZD

Bloomsbury presents Unfit for Purpose written and read by Adam Hart.A gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on SundayStress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past.In
... Read more

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